Using digital imaging techniques, two Brazilian researchers have reconstructed the face of an Egyptian man who lived nearly 35,000 years ago.

Archaeologist Moacir Santos and 3D graphic designer Cícero Moraes relied on the remains of a man's skeleton found at an archaeological site in Egypt to recreate a digital image, according to CNN.

The image, which was published, shows a detailed face of the skull of the "Nazlet Khater 2" individual, who lived about 35,000 years ago and was discovered in 1980 in the Nile Valley in Egypt.

Subsequent anthropological analysis determined that the skeletal remains belonged to a man of African origin, aged between 17 and 29 at the time of his death, with the analysis indicating that he was 1.62 meters tall.

The Brazilian team used a scanning process that helps archaeologists reconstruct the facial features of a deceased person based on their skeletal remains.

The experts also relied on imaging scanning techniques that enabled them to extract three-dimensional information from images of the man's skeletal remains, which are located in the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization.

In this context, Cícero Moraes told CNN that, based on the skulls of living people, as well as forensic work, there is a possibility that the resulting image resembles the original shape.

Moraes and Santos hope that their work will benefit the research of other archaeologists on human evolution, as Santos explained: "The fact that this individual is more than 30,000 years old makes him important for understanding human evolution."

Scientists have previously used this process to determine how humans evolved over the centuries.